Maitland, Royal Lethington "Pat"

MAITLAND, Royal Lethington "Pat," lawyer, politician (b 1889, Ingersoll, ON; d 28 Mar 1946, Vancouver). A leading lawyer in VANCOUVER, he was elected to the legislature for the first time in the CONSERVATIVE landslide of 1928 and joined Simon Fraser TOLMIE's CABINET as a minister without portfolio. He lost his seat when the Conservatives were routed in the 1933 election, but was re-elected in 1937 and the next year took over leadership of the party. Following the 1941 election, in which the...

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